Comments on: The European Hand That Rocks the African Cradle http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/ It's about our community and our spirituality! Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:44:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: darkdaughta http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-1007 darkdaughta Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:16:22 +0000 http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-1007 As someone who has attempted homeschooling at different points in my daughter's very short educational career, I presently send my daughter to school but completely realize that the teachers, who are pathetic pablum white, terrified of consciousness of their own privilege and horrified that I, a Black parent, would call them on any of their attempts to define my child as lacking in intellect, are only useful as childcare. I teach my daughter what she needs to understand about books, numbers, language, history, geography, art, music, the settler state at home. Her grounding in what I know to be true predates any attempted indoctrination on the part of the teachers, who I advise her to simply humour and direct to Mama or Papi, if they get out of hand and start making things difficult for her. I use the school as a very narrowly defined tool and have the space, that other parents might not have, to fill in the spaces the schools really have no business filling. All this to say, I appreciated your post. Thanks for it. As someone who has attempted homeschooling at different points in my daughter’s very short educational career, I presently send my daughter to school but completely realize that the teachers, who are pathetic pablum white, terrified of consciousness of their own privilege and horrified that I, a Black parent, would call them on any of their attempts to define my child as lacking in intellect, are only useful as childcare. I teach my daughter what she needs to understand about books, numbers, language, history, geography, art, music, the settler state at home. Her grounding in what I know to be true predates any attempted indoctrination on the part of the teachers, who I advise her to simply humour and direct to Mama or Papi, if they get out of hand and start making things difficult for her. I use the school as a very narrowly defined tool and have the space, that other parents might not have, to fill in the spaces the schools really have no business filling. All this to say, I appreciated your post. Thanks for it.

]]> By: brotherpeacemaker http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-993 brotherpeacemaker Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:44:34 +0000 http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-993 Asa! By all means! I humbly give permission for you to provide a link to this article or any other you deem worthy. The information is here because I want to share it. I appreciate any help you can give me to reach a wider audience. Peace Asa!

By all means! I humbly give permission for you to provide a link to this article or any other you deem worthy. The information is here because I want to share it. I appreciate any help you can give me to reach a wider audience.

Peace

]]> By: asabagna http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-987 asabagna Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:28:24 +0000 http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-987 My Brother... Do I have your permission to link this article to the Afrospear September Carnival post? I beleive it should be shared. Respect, Asa. My Brother… Do I have your permission to link this article to the Afrospear September Carnival post? I beleive it should be shared.

Respect,
Asa.

]]> By: brotherpeacemaker http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-984 brotherpeacemaker Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:45:35 +0000 http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-984 Asa and theblacksentinel! Thanks for the positive feedback. I like to think that I have a good idea now and then. It's good to see that other people think I have something positive to say every now and then as well. Peace Asa and theblacksentinel! Thanks for the positive feedback. I like to think that I have a good idea now and then. It’s good to see that other people think I have something positive to say every now and then as well.

Peace

]]> By: theblacksentinel http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-967 theblacksentinel Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:11:59 +0000 http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-967 The severity of our lack of knowledge about our history is astounding. As a mother I feel that I can't rely on the White mindset school district to give my children the information that will help them stay strong. The only thing they will do is to help weaken them and get them well prepared for the assimilation process. Everything in schools today as well as yesteryear is just propaganda to convince all children of the superiority of White America. And unfortunately most of Black America just drops their kids off and happily goes on about their business, not caring what if anything they are teaching the poor kids. I would like to think that by having a Black community school that it would be better yet you make a great point in that the school and those teaching/running it would still be pumping our kids full of dreams of assimilation through the white mindset teaching strategies. This post is one of those that every Black "needs" to read but most won't or if they did it would make little to no difference. I can hear the sighs now and the Mr. Charlie only has good intentions for teaching me and my youngun type of answers from those assimilated Black folks. Keep the light shining on this one you may lead a few back to reality. Thanks The severity of our lack of knowledge about our history is astounding. As a mother I feel that I can’t rely on the White mindset school district to give my children the information that will help them stay strong. The only thing they will do is to help weaken them and get them well prepared for the assimilation process. Everything in schools today as well as yesteryear is just propaganda to convince all children of the superiority of White America.

And unfortunately most of Black America just drops their kids off and happily goes on about their business, not caring what if anything they are teaching the poor kids. I would like to think that by having a Black community school that it would be better yet you make a great point in that the school and those teaching/running it would still be pumping our kids full of dreams of assimilation through the white mindset teaching strategies.

This post is one of those that every Black “needs” to read but most won’t or if they did it would make little to no difference. I can hear the sighs now and the Mr. Charlie only has good intentions for teaching me and my youngun type of answers from those assimilated Black folks.

Keep the light shining on this one you may lead a few back to reality. Thanks

]]> By: asabagna http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-963 asabagna Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:34:59 +0000 http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-963 My Brother... this commentary would have been an excellent addition to our Afrospear September Carnival on "Mis-Education": http://afrospear.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/september-carnival-the-mis-education-of-the-negro-in-the-21st-century-2/ Please consider submitting your perspective on the question of religion and the Black community for our October carnival: http://afrospear.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/the-second-afrospear-october-carnival-religion-and-negritude/ Respect, Asa My Brother… this commentary would have been an excellent addition to our Afrospear September Carnival on “Mis-Education”:

http://afrospear.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/september-carnival-the-mis-education-of-the-negro-in-the-21st-century-2/

Please consider submitting your perspective on the question of religion and the Black community for our October carnival:

http://afrospear.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/the-second-afrospear-october-carnival-religion-and-negritude/

Respect,
Asa

]]> By: brotherpeacemaker http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-941 brotherpeacemaker Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:15:43 +0000 http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-941 Thanks for the positivity Damien! Peace Thanks for the positivity Damien!

Peace

]]> By: Damien http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-939 Damien Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:37:19 +0000 http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-european-hand-that-rocks-the-african-american-cradle/#comment-939 My Brother, it is so hard to even comment on this topic because I agree so much with it. If we a black people just decided to assimilate and sellout ourselves we'd be in a much worse situation. I said that to say that we must educate ourselves and make it a point to teach our children the real deal. I was so shocked at how much less they teach now than when I was a kid about black history, not so much on the shallowness of it... cuz it'a always been shallow... always been let's make it quick with the information/truth of world history. I don't think we can even afford to be shallow on even black history... I must say that this problem is a leading factor why our children why the majority of our children fail the doll test. http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_2919.shtml http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/brown-brown.html Why they see being white as better. Cuz, all they/we see is that whites "discover" everything and the "source" of all things "relevant"... but they don't take responsibilty for the results of those things "relevant"... Happy Thanksgiving!! My Brother, it is so hard to even comment on this topic because I agree so much with it. If we a black people just decided to assimilate and sellout ourselves we’d be in a much worse situation. I said that to say that we must educate ourselves and make it a point to teach our children the real deal. I was so shocked at how much less they teach now than when I was a kid about black history, not so much on the shallowness of it… cuz it’a always been shallow… always been let’s make it quick with the information/truth of world history. I don’t think we can even afford to be shallow on even black history…
I must say that this problem is a leading factor why our children why the majority of our children fail the doll test.
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_2919.shtml

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/brown-brown.html

Why they see being white as better. Cuz, all they/we see is that whites “discover” everything and the “source” of all things “relevant”… but they don’t take responsibilty for the results of those things “relevant”… Happy Thanksgiving!!

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